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Technology for the ambitious ones

There are athletes who seem absolutely relaxed while they are running a marathon, as if this were an easy task.

A similar phenomenon can be observed in the day-to-day operation of Krones filling and packaging lines: At the front, the products to be filled are supplied, some meters and minutes later, the palletised packs are discharged – and what happens in between seems to be just happening on its own. We know: The impression is deceptive. Actually, the lines operate hardly

producing up to 81,000 exactly identical PET containers per hour.

filling up to 405 hectolitres of beer per hour into bottles without foam and with exact fill levels.

aseptically filling 144 hours without interruption.

Yet in one respect, the Krones lines are different from a marathon runner: They are strongly focussed on keeping their consumption of energy and resources low. Especially if enviro components are involved. Machines and systems provided with the blue enviro seal have been proved in neutral test methods to operate especially efficient with regard to ecology.

Distinctively special

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Taste, passion and pride – these three attributes encapsulate the mission statement of the privately-owned De Brabandere Brouwerij from Belgium, which at the beginning of February 2017 commissioned a new bottling line from Krones; and this line is something “distinctively special” for Yves Benoit, the Brewmaster and Automation Manager at De Brabandere.

Nearly everything is possible – it's your choice

Krones lines master a huge number of filling, decoration and packaging tasks. Altogether, they cover the following process steps:

Compact power

You have got big plans with your production? Firms which want to achieve a lot on only a few square metres can re-invent efficiency with Krones block technology. Our blow moulders, fillers and labellers can be combined in various block systems.